Vatican Approves Sale Of School

August 08, 1989

CHICAGO — The Vatican has approved the sale of Holy Family Academy to Near North Montessori School for $1.28 million, a real estate firm which handled the transaction said Monday.

The sale of the 98,000 square-foot-school was completed at the end of July, said Pauline Little, a spokeswoman for Sheldon Good & Co., which sold the property during an auction. The sale of the building at 1444 W. Division St. was approved by the Vatican June 20, said a spokeswoman for the Archdiocese of Chicago.

A dispute over the sale of the school arose last May after parents of the Kosciuszko Elementary School, 1424 N. Cleaver St., pleaded with the Chicago Board of Education to purchase the building to relieve overcrowding at their school.